2010

Matilda Award Winners

Leon Cain
for his performance in I Love You, Bro

The Escapists
for devising and producing boy girl wall 

Eugene Gilfedder
for his body of performance work in 2010 including
Grimm Tales, Hamlet and The Chairs

Leah Purcell
for her artistic direction of the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts and directing and acting in The Story of the Miracles at Cookies Table

David Berthold
for his repositioning of La Boite and directing
Hamlet and I Love You, Bro

Best Mainstage Production:

Grimm Tales (QTC)
* Hamlet (La Boite)
I Love You, Bro (La Boite)
The Little Dog Laughed (QTC)
The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table (Bungabura Productions and QPAC co-production)

Best Independent Production:

The Bitterling (La Boite Independents)
* boy girl wall (The Escapists at Metro)
Furious Angels (Metro Arts)
Single Admissions (Metro Arts)
[title of show] (Oscar Theatre Company)

Best Direction:

Daniel Evans for Single Admissions
David Berthold for Hamlet
Leah Purcell for The Story of The Miracles at Cookie's Table
* Michael Futcher for Grimm Tales
The Escapists for boy girl wall

Best Female Actor in a Lead Role:

Amy Ingram in Fat Pig
Helen Christinson in Macbeth
* Leah Purcell in The Story of The Miracles at Cookie's Table
Liz Buchanan in [title of show]
Melanie Zanetti in Engine

Best Male Actor in a Lead Role:

Christopher Sommers in Fat Pig
Daniel Murphy in Blackbird
Hugh Parker in Betrayal
* Leon Cain in I Love You, Bro
Lucas Stibbard in boy girl wall

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alex Feifers in Fiddler on the Roof
Amy Ingram in Single Admissions
Helen Howard in Hamlet
Melanie Zanetti in Grimm Tales
* Melanie Zanetti in The Little Dog Laughed

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

* Dan Crestani in Grimm Tales
Nick Cook in The Little Dog Laughed
Scott Witt in Grimm Tales
Steven Rooke in Fat Pig
Thomas Larkin in Hamlet
William Davies in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Best New Australian Work:

* The Bitterling by Sven Swenson
boy girl wall by The Escapists
A Catch of the Breath by Robert Thwaites
Furious Angels by David Burton
Single Admissions by Tammy Weller

Best Emerging Artist:

* Amy Ingram for acting in Fat Pig and Single Admissions
Daniel Evans for directing Single Admissions
Jessica Harm for acting in April's Fool
Melanie Zanetti for acting in Engine, The Little Dog Laughed and Grimm Tales
Nick Cook for acting in The Little Dog Laughed
Nicki Bloom for writing Tender

Best Design (set, lighting, sound or costume):

Bruce McKinven for set and costume design of The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table
* Greg Clarke for design on Grimm Tales
Jason Glenwright for design on Songs for a New World
Josh McIntosh for set and costume design on Jesus Christ Superstar
Steve Toulmin for music and sound design on Hamlet

2011

Matilda Award Winners

Simone de Haas
for her artistic direction of Mixed Company and commitment to producing quality self-funded independent theatre across three decades; including directing, designing and acting in its body of work

Steven Rooke
for his outstanding body of performance work in 2011, 
including No Man's Land, Julius Caesar and The Removalists

Josh McIntosh
for his prolific body of work for independent theatre companies in 2011, including shake & stir's Animal Farm
and set and costume designs for Harvest Rain

Marcel Dorney
for his accomplishment as a playwright in researching and rendering the script of Fractions

Melanie Zanetti
for her radiant performance as
Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion

Best Mainstage Production:

No Man’s Land, Queensland Theatre Company
Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness, La Boite
* Pygmalion, Queensland Theatre Company
Julius Caesar, La Boite

Best Independent Production:

* Animal Farm, Shake & Stir
Empire Burning, Metro Arts/Eugene Gilfedder
* Amadeus, 4MBS Festival of Classics
The Hamlet Apocalypse, La Boite Indie/The Danger Ensemble
Rabbit, The Good Room

Best New Play:

Empire Burning by Eugene Gilfedder
* Fractions by Marcel Dorney
Piano Lessons by Anna Goldsworthy
Underground by Jeremy Neideck and Nathan Stoneham
Water Wars by Elaine Acworth

Best Musical:

* Cabaret, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre
Piano Lessons, Queensland Music Festival
Spring Awakening, Oscar Theatre Company
Underground, Metro Arts/Motherboard Productions

Best Director:

Daniel Evans, Rabbit
* Michael Futcher, Animal Farm
* Michael Gow, No Man’s Land
Michael Gow, Pygmalion
Kat Henry, Orphans
Jeremy Neideck, Underground

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role:

Sandro Colarelli, Cabaret
* Paul Bishop, Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
Gyton Grantley, Ruben Guthrie
Steven Grives, Amadeus
Tama Matheson, Amadeus 

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

Chris Betts, Pygmalion
Andrew Buchanan, No Man’s Land
Dan Crestani, Sacre Bleu
Dirk Hoult, The Ugly One
Thomas Larkin, Julius Caesar
* Steven Rooke, No Man’s Land

Best Female Actor in a Lead Role:

Emma Dean, Cabaret
Emily Tomlins, Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
Kate Wilson, Water Wars
* Melanie Zanetti, Pygmalion

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role:

* Carol Burns, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Anna McGahan, Julius Caesar
Elizabeth Millington, Anna Straker, Giema Contini (puppeteers), The Harbinger
Anna Mowry, Amadeus
Jessica Verumann-Betts, Water Wars

Best Emerging Artist:

Finn Gilfedder-Cooney, Empire Burning
Matthew Hadgraft, Cabaret
Lauren Jackson, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business
* Anna McGahan, Julius Caesar
Megan Sarmardin, Little Birung
Charles Sells, Spring Awakening

Best Design (set, lighting, sound or costume):

Simone Romaniuk, set design, Fractions
* Renee Mulder, set design, Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
Josh McIntosh, set design, Animal Farm
Robert Kemp, set design, No Man’s Land
Jason Glenwright, lighting design, DragQueensland
Thomas M Wright, production design, I Feel Awful 

2012

Gold Matilda Awardees

Bryan Probets

Simone Romaniuk

Helen Howard

David Walters

Margi Brown Ash

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Best Mainstage Production:

As You Like It (La Boite)
Bombshells (QTC)
* Kelly (QTC)
Tender Napalm (La Boite)
The Harbinger (La Boite & Dead Puppet Society)

Best New Australian Work:

* A Tribute of Sorts (Benjamin Schostakowski)
Home (Margi Brown Ash)
Kelly (Matthew Ryan)
Managing Carmen (David Williamson)

Best Independent Production:

1984 (shake & stir)
* A Tribute of Sorts (La Boite & Monsters Appear)
Loco Maricon Amor (The Danger Ensemble & Metro Arts)
Thérèse Raquin (Zen Zen Zo)
Vikram and the Vampire (Zen Zen Zo) 

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role:

Bryan Probets (1984)
* Dash Kruck (A Tribute of Sorts)
Kurt Phelan (Tender Napalm)
Steven Rooke (Kelly) 

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role:

Christen O'Leary (Bombshells)
* Emily Curtin (A Tribute of Sorts)
Helen Howard (As You Like It)
Lizzie Ballinger (Thérèse Raquin)
Margi Brown Ash (Home)

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

* Bryan Probets (As You Like It)
John Batchelor (Managing Carmen)
Steven Tandy (Romeo and Juliet)
Tony Brockman (Thérèse Raquin)

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role:

Liz Buchanan (Hairspray) 
* Louise Brehmer (Thérèse Raquin)
* Luisa Prosser (Thérèse Raquin)
Rachel Dunham (Hairspray) 

Best Director:

Ben Schostakowski (A Tribute of Sorts)
* Helen Howard (Thérèse Raquin)
Michael Futcher (1984)
Todd MacDonald (Kelly)

Best Design:

Bev Jensen (Home)
Optikal Bloc (1984)
Simone Romaniuk (Elizabeth)
* Simone Romaniuk (Kelly)

Best Emerging Artist:

Daniel Anderson (lighting design for Bombshells and Tender Napalm)
Emily Curtin (A Tribute of Sorts)
* Lizzie Ballinger (Thérèse Raquin)
Luisa Prosser (Thérèse Raquin) 

2013

Gold Matilda Awardees

Barbara Lowing
for performances in The China Incident, Tequila Mockingbird, and Motherland

Jason Glenwright
for lighting Rumour Has It: Sixty Minutes Inside Adele, Out Damn Snot, Blood Brothers, Oklahoma!, Next to Normal, and Tequila Mockingbird 

Andrea Moor
for directing Venus in Fur

shake & stir theatre co.
for creating Tequila Mockingbird

Christen O’Leary
for her performance in End of the Rainbow

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees 

Best Mainstage Production:

1001 Nights, Queensland Theatre Company, Queensland Music Festival and Brisbane City Council, 
in association with Zen Zen Zo
End of the Rainbow, Queensland Theatre Company and QPAC
*Tequila Mockingbird, shake + stir and QPAC
Venus in Fur, Queensland Theatre Company

Best New Australian Work:

*1001 Nights, Michael Futcher and Helen Howard (adapters)
Motherland, Katherine Lyall-Watson
Tequila Mockingbird, Nelle Lee
This is Capital City, Sandra Carluccio

Best Independent Production:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble
A Tender Thing, Full Circle Theatre
*Motherland, Metro Arts and Ellen Belloo
This Is Capital City, Sandra Carluccio and La Boite Indie with the support of QPAC

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role:

Bryan Probets, Tequila Mockingbird
*Dan Crestani, 1001 Nights
Michael Croome, A Tender Thing
Todd Macdonald, Venus in Fur

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role:

Barbara Lowing, The China Incident
Christen O’Leary, End of the Rainbow
*Libby Munro, Venus in Fur
Margi Brown Ash, The Wizard of Oz

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

Anthony Standish, End of the Rainbow
*Hayden Spencer, End of the Rainbow
Ross Balbuziente, Tequila Mockingbird
Zac Kelty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role:

Barbara Lowing, Tequila Mockingbird
Johancee Theron, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
*Louise Brehmer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tina Torabi, 1001 Nights

Best Director:

Andrea Moor, Venus In Fur
David Bell, End of the Rainbow
*Michael Futcher, 1001 Nights
Rob Pensalfini, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Best Design (Set and costumes):

*Angel Kosch, costume design, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Bill Haycock, set design, 1001 Nights
Freddie Komp, set design, A Tender Thing
Simone Romaniuk, set design, The Pitch and The China Incident

Best Technical Design (Lighting, multimedia and sound design):

Ben Hughes, lighting design, 1001 Nights
Ben Hughes, lighting design, Mother Courage and Her Children
Guy Webster, sound design, Venus In Fur
Marcel Dorney and Steve Toulmin, music composition and arrangement, Prehistoric
*Phil Slade, musical director, 1001 Nights

Bille Brown Award for the Best Emerging Artist:

Belinda McCormack, designer, 1066: The Bayeux Brought to Life
Johancee Theron, actor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
*Sandra Carluccio, creator, This Is Capital City
Shannon Haegler, actor, Tequila Mockingbird

Best Musical or Cabaret:

Blood Brothers, Harvest Rain and QPAC
Next to Normal, Oscar Theatre Company and QPAC
The Lady of the House of Love, Metro Arts, Queensland Music Festival and Brisbane City Council
*Rumour Has It: 60 Minutes Inside Adele, Judith Wright Centre and the little red company

2014

Gold Matilda Awardees

Steven Mitchell Wright
for directing A Doll's House and directing/designing Caligula

Tim O'Connor
for realising a new vision for Harvest Rain

optikal bloc
for projection and video work on Pale Blue Dot, The Mountaintop,
Wuthering Heights, Gasp! and 1984 

Simone Romaniuk
for designing Macbeth and Australia Day

Sven Swenson
for co-producing, writing and acting in Angel Gear and Dangerfield Park

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Best Mainstage Production

A Doll‘s House, La Boite Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival
*Gloria, Queensland Theatre Company
Macbeth, Queensland Theatre Company in association with The Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe
Pale Blue Dot, La Boite Theatre Company

Best Independent Production

*Angel Gear, La Boite Indie & Pentimento Productions
with the support of QPAC
The Button Event, Brisbane Festival & Queensland Theatre Company
Machina, La Boite Indie & MadCat Creative Connections
with the support of QPAC
Sex with Strangers, Jennifer Flowers, Thomas Larkin & Brisbane Powerhouse

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role

Nicholas Gell, Hedonism’s Second Album
Thomas Larkin, Sex With Strangers
Hugh Parker, A Doll’s House
*Sven Swenson, Angel Gear

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role

*Helen Christinson, A Doll’s House
Veronica Neave, Sex with Strangers
Christen O’Leary, Gloria
Naomi Price, Wrecking Ball

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Chris Beckey, A Doll’s House
*Damien Cassidy, A Doll’s House
Chris Kellett, Spamalot
Steven Rooke, Gloria

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Julie Anthony, Spamalot
Caroline Kennison, Pale Blue Dot
*Cienda McNamara, A Doll’s House
Casey Woods, Angel Gear

Best Director

David Bell, Gloria
*Steven Mitchell Wright, A Doll’s House
Callum Mansfield, Cats
Tim O’Connor, Spamalot
Dave Sleswick, Or Forever Hold Your Peace

Best Design (Set and costumes)

Bill Haycock, Gloria
Josh McIntosh, Spamalot
Steven Mitchell Wright, Ben Hughes & Nathalie Ryner, Caligula
*Simone Romaniuk, Macbeth

Best Technical Design (Lighting, multimedia and sound design)

optikal bloc, The Mountaintop
*optikal bloc, Pale Blue Dot
Ben Knapton, Nathan Sibthorpe & Freddy Komp, He Dreamed a Train
Guy Webster, The Button Event

Bille Brown Award for the Best Emerging Artist

*Casey Woods, Angel Gear
Ashlee Lollback, Pale Blue Dot
Elijah Wellsmore, Gloria
Eliah Watego, Black Diggers

The Lord Mayor's Award for Best New Australian Work

Adam Brunes & Naomi Price, Wrecking Ball
*Richard Jordan, Machina
Kathryn Marquet, Pale Blue Dot
Sven Swenson, Angel Gear

Best Musical or Cabaret

Wrecking Ball, the little red company
Cats, Harvest Rain Theatre Company
*Spamalot, Harvest Rain Theatre Company
Good-bye Miss Monroe, Grayboy Entertainment

2015

Gold Matilda Awardees

Carol Burns
for an outstanding performance in Happy Days,
and also to celebrate an exceptional body of work.

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Best Mainstage Production

* Brisbane, Queensland Theatre Company
Dracula, shake & stir theatre co
Grounded, Queensland Theatre Company
Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Queensland Theatre Company & Queensland Government 

Best Independent Production

Heavenly Bodies, Pentimento Productions in association with Brisbane Powerhouse
My Love Had a Black Speed Stripe, Fractal Theatre
* The Pillowman, Shock Therapy Productions in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse
Slammed, Crosstown Artists
Tiptoe, Brisbane Powerhouse in partnership with Pentimento Productions

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role

Sandro Colarelli, My Love Had a Black Speed Stripe
* Dash Kruck, Brisbane
Regan Lynch, Heavenly Bodies
Nick Skubij, Dracula 

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role

Carol Burns, Happy Days
* Libby Munro, Grounded
Christen O'Leary, Medea
Melissa Western, Barbara and Barry's Sweet, Sour and Saucy 

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Brian Lucas, The Seagull
* Tama Matheson, The Pillowman
Silvan Rus, Titus
Colin Smith, The Odd Couple 

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Kimberley Hodgson, Into the Woods
Sarah McLeod, Tiptoe
* Naomi Price, Ladies in Black
Emily Tomlins, The Motion of Light in Water 

Best Director

* Sam Foster, The Pillowman
Michael Futcher, Dracula
Andrea Moor, Grounded
John Peek, Slammed 

Best Design (Set and costumes)

* Josh McIntosh - set design on Dracula
Josh McIntosh - set design on Sweet, Sour and Saucy
Raymond Milner - production design on Heavenly Bodies
Sarah Winter - set design on Medea 

Best Technical Design (Lighting, multimedia and sound)

* Jason Glenwright - lighting design on Dracula
Ryan Mahony - sound design on Heavenly Bodies
Raymond Pittmann - video design on De Profundis
David Walters - lighting design on Brisbane

Bille Brown Award for the Best Emerging Artist

Billy Bourchier, Pirates of Penzance
Kimberley Hodgson, Into the Woods
* Georgina Hopson, Pirates of Penzance & Into the Woods
Sarah Morrison, Ladies in Black 

The Lord Mayor's Award for Best New Australian Work

* Brisbane, by Matthew Ryan
I Might Take My Shirt Off, by Dash Kruck with music by Chris Perren
Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore, by Daniel Evans
Slammed, by Stefanie Brooke Harper

Best Musical or Cabaret

Barbara and Barry's Sweet, Sour and Saucy, Judith Wright Centre
Boy&Girl2: Mercury Rising, Oscar Theatre Company & Brisbane Powerhouse
* I Might Take My Shirt Off, QPAC in association with QLD Cabaret Festival, Jai Higgs & Dash Kruck
Ladies in Black, Queensland Theatre Company, in association with QPAC

Hall of Fame

Sven Swenson

2016

Gold Matilda Awardee

Dead Puppet Society for their exceptional body of work.

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees 

Best Mainstage Production

Bastard Territory, Queensland Theatre Company and JUTE Theatre Company
George’s Marvellous Medicine, shake & stir theatre co and QPAC
* Switzerland, Queensland Theatre Company
The Wider Earth, Queensland Theatre Company and Dead Puppet Society

Best Independent Production

Carrie: The Musical, Brisbane Powerhouse and Wax Lyrical Productions
Hanako, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse and Belloo Creative
True West, Brisbane Powerhouse, Troy Armstrong Management, Thomas Larkin and Annette Box
* Viral, Shock Therapy Productions

Best Musical or Cabaret

* Carrie: The Musical, Brisbane Powerhouse and Wax Lyrical Productions
Hairspray, Harvest Rain Theatre Company
Terror Australis, Brisbane Powerhouse and Leah Shelton
Snow White, La Boite, Opera Queensland and Brisbane Festival

Best New Australian Work

proudly supported by Brisbane City Council

* Bastard Territory, Stephen Carleton
St Mary’s in Exile, David Burton
The Wider Earth, David Morton
Viral, Sam Foster & Hayden Jones

Best Director

Caroline Dunphy, Motherland
Ian Lawson, Bastard Territory
* David Morton, The Wider Earth
Zoë Tuffin, Carrie: The Musical

Best Male Actor

* Matthew Backer, Switzerland
Sam Foster, Viral
Benhur Helwend, Bastard Territory
Thomas Larkin, True West

Best Supporting Male Actor

* Julian Curtis, True West
Jackson McGovern, American Buffalo
John McNeill, Endgame
Silvan Rus, Twelfth Night
Steven Tandy, Bastard Territory

Bille Brown Award for Best Emerging Artist

Masako Mizusawa, Hanako
Sophie Perkins, Carrie: The Musical
Paige Poulier, Twelfth Night
* Emily Weir, Tartuffe

Best Female Actor

Kerith Atkinson, A Slight Ache
* Andrea Moor, Switzerland
Sophie Perkins, Carrie: The Musical
Kimie Tsukakoshi, Hanako

Best Supporting Female Actor

Jennifer Flowers, Endgame
Libby Munro, Disgraced
Paige Poulier, Twelfth Night
* Emily Weir, Tartuffe

Best Set Design

Aaron Barton & David Morton, The Wider Earth
Georgina Greenhill, American Buffalo
* Leah Shelton, Terror Australis
Anthony Spinaze, Switzerland

Best Costume Design

* David Morton & Aaron Barton, The Wider Earth
Kris Bird, Bastard Territory
Karen Cochet, Snow White
Jessica Haack, Twelfth Night
Josh McIntosh, George’s Marvellous Medicine
Leah Shelton, Terror Australis

Best Lighting Design

* Jason Glenwright, Carrie: The Musical
Jason Glenwright, The Tragedy of King Richard III
Ben Hughes, Switzerland
David Walters, The Wider Earth

Best Sound Design / Composition

Dane Alexander, Hanako
* Tony Brumpton (Sound Design), Lior & Tony Buchen (Composition), The Wider Earth
Rob Pensalfini & Silvan Rus, Twelfth Night
Steve Toulmin, Switzerland

Best Audio Visual Design

Tiffany Atkin & John Grist, Hanako
* Justin Harrison (AV Design) & Anna Straker (Illustration), The Wider Earth
optikal bloc, Terror Australis
Nathan Sibthorpe, Viral

2017

Gold Matilda Awardee

Playlab for evolving into Queensland’s new-writing theatre company with their inaugural production of Blue Bones, positioning them nationally as the only company to take work from idea through development, on stage and into publication. 
Read more.

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees 

Best Mainstage Production

American Idiot (shake & stir theatre co and QPAC)
* Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)
An Octoroon (Queensland Theatre & Brisbane Festival)
Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse (Opera Queensland)

Best Independent Production

Boys of Sondheim (Understudy Productions & Brisbane Powerhouse)
England (Nathan Booth & Matt Seery at Metro Arts)
Swallow (EG & Metro Arts)
I Just Came to Say Goodbye (The Good Room & Brisbane Festival)
* The Forwards (Shock Therapy Productions, Zeal & Brisbane Powerhouse)

Best Musical or Cabaret

* American Idiot (shake & stir theatre co and QPAC)
Boys of Sondheim (Understudy Productions & Brisbane Powerhouse)
Briefs: Close Encounters (Briefs Factory & Brisbane Powerhouse)
Joh for PM (Jute Theatre Company & Brisbane Powerhouse, in association with QLD Music Festival)

Best Circus or Physical Theatre Work

Landscape with Monsters (Circa with Merrigong Theatre Co at Brisbane Powerhouse)
Plunge (Seeing Place Productions in association with Bleach*)
Monsteria (presented by GUSH and Vulcana Women's Circus in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)
* Humans (Circa & QPAC)

The Lord Mayor's Award for Best New Australian Work

* Blue Bones, by Merlynn Tong
Joh for PM, by Stephen Carleton & Paul Hodge
My Name is Jimi, based on a story by Dimple Bani, Jimi Bani & co-created by Jason Klarwein
Spectate, by Nathan Sibthorpe
Laser Beak Man, by David Morton, Nicholas Paine & Tim Sharp

Best Director

Daniel Evans, I Just Came to Say Goodbye (The Good Room & Brisbane Festival)
Lindy Hume, Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse (Opera Queensland)
* Ian Lawson, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)
Paige Rattray, Scenes from a Marriage (Queensland Theatre)

Bille Brown Award for Best Emerging Artist

* Meg Bowden, The Winter's Tale (Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble)
Derek Draper, The Lonesome West (Troop Productions at JWCoCA)
Patrick Jhanur, Single Asian Female (La Boite Theatre Company)
Matt Seery, England (Nathan Booth & Matt Seery at Metro Arts)

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role

Ellen Bailey, The Forwards (Shock Therapy Productions, Zeal & Brisbane Powerhouse)
Margi Brown Ash, He Dreamed a Train (Force of Circumstance & Nest Ensemble with Brisbane Powerhouse)
* Merlynn Tong, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)
Barbara Lowing, England (Nathan Booth & Matt Seery at Metro Arts)

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role

Sam Foster, The Forwards (Shock Therapy Productions, Zeal & Brisbane Powerhouse)
Bryan Probets, Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse (Opera Queensland)
* Colin Smith, An Octoroon (Queensland Theatre & Brisbane Festival)
Steven Tandy, England (Nathan Booth & Matt Seery at Metro Arts)

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Christine Johnston, Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse (Opera Queensland)
* Elise Greig, Swallow (EG & Metro Arts)
* Helen O'Leary, Swallow (EG & Metro Arts)
Barb Lowing, Joh for PM (Jute Theatre Company & Brisbane Powerhouse, in association with QLD Music Festival)

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Kurt Phelan, American Idiot (shake & stir theatre co and QPAC)
Travis Ash, He Dreamed a Train (Force of Circumstance & Nest Ensemble with Brisbane Powerhouse)
Kurt Phelan, Joh for PM (Jute Theatre Company & Brisbane Powerhouse, in association with QLD Music Festival)
* Anthony Standish, An Octoroon (Queensland Theatre & Brisbane Festival)

Best Set Design

Georgina Greenhill, The Lonesome West (Troop Productions at JWCoCA)
* Josh McIntosh, American Idiot (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)
Jonathon Oxlade & David Morton, Laser Beak Man (Dead Puppet Society, Brisbane Festival & La Boite)
Simona Cosentini & Simone Tesorieri, My Name is Jimi (Queensland Theatre)

Best Costume Design

Anthony Spinaze, Rent (Matt Ward Entertainment at Brisbane Powerhouse)
* GUSH: Bianca Mackail, Mayu Muto, Celia White & Anna Yen, Monsteria (GUSH, Vulcana Women's Circus & Brisbane Powerhouse)
Jessica Haack & Kaylee Gannaway, The Winter's Tale (Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble)
Anthony Spinaze, Joh for PM (Jute Theatre Company & Brisbane Powerhouse, in association with QLD Music Festival)

Best Lighting Design

Jason Glenwright, Lady Beatle (La Boite & The Little Red Company)
Andrew Meadows, Ruddigore (Opera Queensland)
Geoff Squires, He Dreamed a Train (Force of Circumstance & Nest Ensemble with Brisbane Powerhouse)
* David Walters, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Best Sound Design

Dane Alexander, I Just Came to Say Goodbye (The Good Room & Brisbane Festival)
Travis Ash, He Dreamed a Train (Force of Circumstance & Nest Ensemble with Brisbane Powerhouse)
* Tony Brumpton & Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music), Laser Beak Man (Dead Puppet Society, Brisbane Festival & La Boite)
Guy Webster, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Best Audio Visual Design

Justin Harrison, Laser Beak Man (Dead Puppet Society, Brisbane Festival & La Boite)
Justin Harrison, My Name is Jimi (Queensland Theatre)
Nevin Howell & Nathan Sibthorpe, Spectate (Counterpilot & Metro Arts)
* Nathan Sibthorpe, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)
Benjamin Knapton & Nathan Sibthorpe, He Dreamed a Train (Force of Circumstance & Nest Ensemble with Brisbane Powerhouse)